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Oscar-nominated actor Graham Greene has died.
The Canadian star passed away on Monday, in a Toronto hospital with his wife, Hilary Blackmore, by his side, his rep confirmed.
Greene — known for his roles in classic films like “Dances with Wolves” and “The Green Mile” — was a man of high moral character who will be missed, his rep added in a statement to The Post, noting the star was “finally free.”
He did not reveal Greene’s cause of death; however, the actor’s rep said he lost his battle with a “lengthy illness” but did not elaborate.
Greene made his onscreen debut in 1979, starring in the Canadian drama series “The Great Detective.” His first feature film was 1983’s “Running Brave,” with his big break coming years later in the Oscar-winning 1990 picture “Dances with Wolves.”
Greene played “Kicking Bird” alongside Kevin Costner’s Lieutenant Dunbar. The role earned Greene an Academy Award nomination for best supporting actor in 1991.
The flick garnered seven Oscar wins and 12 nominations. Costner, who also directed the movie, took home the statue for best director, and the film won best picture.
After “Dances with Wolves”, Greene went on to appear in Hollywood hits like “Maverick” (1994), “Die Hard with a Vengeance” (1995), “The Green Mile” (1999), “The Twilight Saga: New Moon” (2009) and “Molly’s Game” (2017).
The beloved actor also had an impressive television career.
His TV credits include “Murder, She Wrote,” “Wolf Lake,” “Defiance,” “Reservation Dogs,” “Echo,” “Riverdale,” “1883” and “Tulsa King.”
Besides his Oscar nomination for “Dances with Wolves” in 1991, Greene won a Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album for Children for his work on “Listen to the Storyteller” in 2000.
He was later honored with a Gemini Award, a Canadian Screen Award and nominated for an Independent Spirit Award. Then, in 2021, Greene received a star on Canada’s Walk of Fame.
Greene was born in June 1952 in Ohsweken, on Canada’s Six Nations Reserve.
Although he began his acting career in the theater and eventually made his onscreen debut in 1979 in “The Great Detective,” Greene claimed in 2017 that acting was something he just happened to “stumble into.”
“I started out as a carpenter, a welder, a draftsman, a carpet layer, a roadie and an audio tech,” he told Reader’s Digest Canada years before his passing.
“I stumbled into acting and I thought, ‘These people keep me in the shade, give me food and water, take me over to where I say what I’m supposed to say, then they take me back. Wow—this is the life of a dog,’” he added at the time.
Greene is survived by his wife of 35 years, as well as his daughter, Lilly Lazare-Greene, and his grandson, Talo.